King Abdullah will announce the formal incorporation of the Arab part of Palestine into Transjordan next Monday at the opening session of the newly elected Transjordan parliament, some of whose members are Palestinian Arabs, reliable sources here said today.
The British Government has given King Abdullah a cautiously-worded reply to his persistent queries as to the Foreign Office’s position on the Arab League threat to apply economic sanctions against any state which negotiates a separate peace treaty with Israel, it was learned here today.
With an eye toward the Anglo-Egyptian treaty talks, which are in the delicate preliminary stage at present, the Foreign Office told the Transjordan monarch that Britain does not approve of the League’s resolution and that it is the British Government’s view that the Arab states will have to negotiate with Israel on a final settlement either now or later.
This reply, it is believed in official circles, is sufficient for Abdullah to resume his talks with Israel, without involving the British Government. It does not, however, answer the King’s query as to what Britain will do in the event that he is placed under an economic ban.
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